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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosIcelandMadagascarPhilippines
27327715,25979,346
27428115,70781,131
27528516,16283,023
27628816,63184,876
27828917,11486,697
27929317,61088,568
28029618,12090,418
28130418,64192,253
28231119,17394,098
28331919,71795,923
28531920,27297,627
28631820,83799,317
28731921,413100,999
28832121,999102,618
28932422,593104,299
29032723,196106,076
29133123,806107,868
29133524,423109,493
29234325,044111,094
29335325,671112,843
29436126,302114,636
29436626,936117,026
29537227,573119,473
29538028,237121,234

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.